E          Bm             D                A
Maybe your daddy never held you like you should, 
E          Bm             D                A
Maybe your mama just held on the best she could. 
F#m
Ev'ry soul has a secret, 
D
Give it away or keep it, 
B7                      D   E
But yesterday's gone so tell me why. 

  
          A                      F#m
You carry the weight, the weight of the world, 
              C#m         E
It's breakin' you down on your back like a boulder. 
A           F#m                 C#m
Before it's too late, get rid of it, girl, 
E
Get it off of your shoulder. 
Bm               D
I know you've been used, 
Bm            D               A
But you gotta lose the weight of the world. 

  
E     Bm           D               A
Maybe I haven't always been there just for you, 
E     Bm             D           A
Maybe I try but then I got my own life too. 
F#m
Ev'ry heart has a hunger, 
D
I'm not getting any younger, 
B7                      D  E
I got all the crosses i can bear. 

  
            A                      F#m
Don't gimme the weight, the weight of the world, 
              C#m       E
It's breakin' me down on my back like a boulder. 
A           F#m                 C#m
Before it's too late, get rid of it, girl, 
       E
Get it off of my shoulder. 
Bm            D
You know i've been used, 
Bm      D                   A
And I gotta lose the weight of the world. 

  
C#m     D                 A
It all comes down to who you crucify. 
      C#m        D            B7
You either kiss the future or the past goodbye, 
      D      E
We could fly so high. 

  
            A                      F#m
But we carry the weight, the weight of the world, 
              C#m            E
It's breakin' us down on our backs like a boulder. 
A           F#m                  C#m
Before it's too late, get rid of it, girl, 
    E
Get it off of our shoulders. 
Bm        D
We've all been used, 
Bm         D                 A
And we gotta lose the weight of the world. 

  
F#m            C#m      E
It's takin' us down and the night's growin' colder, 
A             F#m                     C#m
Just blame it on fate, that was yesterday, girl. 
      E
And we're just growin' older. 
Bm         D
We've all been used, 
Bm            D                             A
Now it's time to lose the weight of the world, 
E4            A
The weight of the world, 
E4            A
The weight of the world.